LANCASTER, Ohio -- The cemetery and a maker of bronze grave markers will replace a marker that Ohio authorities say was damaged by a man rejected by the dead woman's daughter.
Paul Chait, manager of Floral Hills Memory Gardens, says the cemetery in the Central Ohio community of Lancaster has agreed to split the $3,000 cost of a new marker with Matthews Bronze, of Pittsburgh.
Chait says after the decision was made, more than 100 people called or e-mailed offering to help pay to replace the damaged grave marker that police say was hit with a sledge hammer.
Steven Locke, 21, of Lancaster pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony charge of vandalism.
Police accuse him of attacking the woman's grave to hurt her daughter for refusing to date him.
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